Where does “Scabiosa” come from?

Scabiosa (Translingual) comes from Latin scabiosus, from Latin scabiēs, from Latin -ies, from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s.

Scabiosa (Translingual): genus, many also called scabious}}

Definitions

  1. genus, many also called scabious}}

Ancestry of “Scabiosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscabiosusscabby, scurfy, mangy
2Latinscabiēsroughness, scurf
3Latin-iesUsed to form an abstract noun, usually from an...
4Proto-Indo-European-yḗh₂s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yḗh₂s →Every word from Latin -ies →Every word from Latin scabiēs →